Standard Engines

The Gardner 8LXB and 6LXB engines are offered as a complete package ready for installation. We try to keep one of each engine in stock for sale or service exchange, and we can provide the engines complete with full on engine cooling systems, water pumps and reversing gears. It is worth noting that the engines we provide are not automotive conversions and use the original Gardner designed cooling systems, not third party substitutions.

These engines are suitable for single or twin screw installations, or replacement of older Gardner units that we will take in part exchange. These engines have the highest levels of efficiency, durability and refinement. They are fully supported, and we hold all spare parts on the shelf.

For more information, please download the specification sheets below, or contact us via email or phone to discuss the options available.

The Gardner 8LXB

Gardner 6LYTi Rebuild in Mallorca

We were asked to visit a yacht in Mallorca and given reports that there had been a main engine failure. The engines installed were a pair of Gardner 6LYTi engines, the LG400 series, some of the last engines produced by the Gardner factory and certainly the last engines designed. There had been some work done to the starboard engine shortly…

Gardner History

Lawrence Gardner, son of Thomas and Jane Gardner was born in Liverpool in 1840. He was the second child in a family of three boys and two girls. In the 1841 census returns his father is listed as being a "labourer", although other sources refer to him as a miller. Thomas died when Lawrence was still young in the late 1840's.